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| Corrosion Behavior and Mechanism of Low Activation 9Cr-ODS Steel in High Temperature and High Pressure Water Environment for the Application in Fusion Reactors |
FU Haiyang1,2, ZHANG Jiarong1,3( ), LI Yaozhi1,2, WANG Qitao1,2, LI Xinle1,2, YAN Wei1,3, SHAN Yiyin1,3, LI Yanfen1,3( ) |
1 Shi -changxu Innovation Center for Advanced Materials, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China 2 School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Shenyang 110016, China 3 CAS Key Laboratory of Nuclear Materials and Safety Assessment, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China |
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FU Haiyang, ZHANG Jiarong, LI Yaozhi, WANG Qitao, LI Xinle, YAN Wei, SHAN Yiyin, LI Yanfen. Corrosion Behavior and Mechanism of Low Activation 9Cr-ODS Steel in High Temperature and High Pressure Water Environment for the Application in Fusion Reactors. Acta Metall Sin, 2025, 61(9): 1305-1319.
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Abstract The China fusion engineering test reactor is a bridge between the international thermonuclear experimental reactor and future fusion demonstration reactors. The harsh service environment of the fusion reactor, including high heat flow density, strong neutron irradiation, and high temperature and high pressure coolant corrosion, demands higher requirements on structural materials than conventional nuclear energy structural materials. Low activation oxide dispersion-strengthened (ODS) steels, which are developed based on reduced activation ferritic/martensitic steels, are considered as promising candidate fusion reactor structural materials because of their high creep strength and excellent resistance to irradiation. In this study, 9Cr-ODS steel prepared by mechanical alloying (MA) and Chinese low activated martensitic (CLAM) steel prepared by vacuum smelting were selected because of their excellent mechanical properties and superior radiation tolerance. The main difference between the two steels is the grain size: the average grain size of the 9Cr-ODS steel is 200-500 nm, whereas that of CLAM steel is 10-20 μm. Furthermore, the 9Cr-ODS steel was added with Y2O3 during MA, which improved its mechanical properties and thermal stability. Corrosion experiments were conducted in static and dynamic (flow rate of 5 mL/min) ultrapure water at 325 oC and 15.5 MPa. Ultrapure water had an electrical conductivity of 0.1 μS/cm and a dissolved oxygen content of 10 × 10-9. The exposure time for both steels were set as 200, 500, and 1000 h. Results indicated that under static and dynamic conditions, the corrosion mass gain and oxide film thickness of the 9Cr-ODS steel were less than those of the CLAM steel. Under static conditions, the corrosion product of both materials exhibits a double-layer structure with granular Fe3O4 in the outer layer and continuous Cr- and Fe-rich spinel in the inner layer. As the exposure time increased from 200 h to 1000 h, the size and thickness of the oxide particles gradually increased. However, under dynamic conditions with a flow rate of 5 mL/min, the surface of the 9Cr-ODS steel formed not only Fe3O4 but also a small amount of Fe2O3, while the type of oxide in the outer layer of the CLAM steel remains unchanged. In contrast to the static condition, both steels exhibited decreased corrosion mass loss and oxide film thickness because of the dynamic water scouring effect and the buildup of H2 on the surface caused by water decomposition through oxidation. Overall, under same corrosion conditions, the presence of dispersed oxides, grain refinement, and a high matrix oxygen concentration positively enhanced the corrosion resistance of the 9Cr-ODS steel. This enhancement facilitated the formation of a protective inner oxide layer and reduced the corrosion mass loss rate, thereby demonstrating the superior corrosion resistance of the 9Cr-ODS steel under high temperature and high pressure water environments compared with the CLAM steel.
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Received: 29 November 2023
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| Fund: National Natural Science Foundation of China(51971217);National Magnetic Confinement Fusion Science Program of China(2019YFE03130000);Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDA0410000) |
Corresponding Authors:
LI Yanfen, professor, Tel: (024)23978990, E-mail: yfli@imr.ac.cn; ZHANG Jiarong, Tel: (024)83973136, E-mail: jrzhang14s@imr.ac.cn
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